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Douglas
Scottish noble family
It includes William the Hardy, a crusader, who harried the monks of Melrose, and was the first man of mark who joined William Wallace in the rising against the English (1297). His son, 'the Good' Sir James Douglas (c.1286-1330), called also 'the Black Douglas' from his swarthy complexion, was Robert Bruce's greatest captain in the War of Independence. The hero of 70 fights, he was slain fighting the Moors in Andalusia, bearing the heart of Bruce. Hugh, brother of Sir James, and a canon of Glasgow, made over the family's large propery (1342) to his nephew Sir William.
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